An AI that looks like a cooperation will likely do so for a very brief time before it can leverage computational resources far greater than than the equivalent of a group of cooperating humans plus simulation tools made from silicone. It is not an interesting comparison because it does not challenge the arguments that human potential is strongly limited by the size of the cortex and by the slowness of neurons and therefore of linguistic information transmission.
Perhaps you can find other areas where that breaks down, but as far as reasonable guesses as to what will happen with AI in the near furture, this is the best I've heard so far.